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/«~,,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,,,,~«/
«~,,,,,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,,,,,~«
/«~,,,,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,,,,~«/
§/«~,,,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,,,~«/§
§§/«~,,,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,,~«/§§
¤§§/«~,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,~«/§§¤
@¤§§/«~,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,~«/§§¤@
#@¤§§/«~,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,~«/§§¤@#
##@¤§§/«~, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,~«/§§¤@##
#@¤§§/«~,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,~«/§§¤@#
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¤§§/«~,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,~«/§§¤
§§/«~,,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,,~«/§§
§/«~,,,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,,,~«/§
/«~,,,,,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,,,,~«/
«~,,,,,,,, AND «OUR« LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,,,,,,~«
/«~,,,,,,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,,,,,~«/
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§§/«~,,,,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,,,,~«/§§
¤§§/«~,,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,,~«/§§¤
@¤§§/«~,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,~«/§§¤@
#@¤§§/«~,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,~«/§§¤@#
##@¤§§/«~, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,~«/§§¤@##
#@¤§§/«~,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,~«/§§¤@#
@¤§§/«~,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,~«/§§¤@
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§§/«~,,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,,~«/§§
§/«~,,,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,,,,~«/§
/«~,,,,,,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,,,,,,~«/
«~,,,,,,,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,,,,,,,~«
/«~,,,,,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,,,,,~«/
§/«~,,,,,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,,,,,~«/§
§§/«~,,,,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,,,,~«/§§
¤§§/«~,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,~«/§§¤
@¤§§/«~,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,~«/§§¤@
#@¤§§/«~,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,~«/§§¤@#
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#@¤§§/«~,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,~«/§§¤@#
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«~,,,,,,,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,,,,,,,~«
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§/«~,,,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,,,~«/§
§§/«~,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,~«/§§
¤§§/«~,,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,~«/§§¤
@¤§§/«~,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,~«/§§¤@
#@¤§§/«~,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,~«/§§¤@#
##@¤§§/«~, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,~«/§§¤@##
#@¤§§/«~,, ,,~«/§§¤@#
@¤§§/«~,,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,~«/§§¤@
¤§§/«~,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,~«/§§¤
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§/«~,,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,,,~«/§
/«~,,,,,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,,,,,~«/
«~,,,,,,,, SHOWS) ,,,,,,,,~«
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#@¤§§/«~,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,~«/§§¤@#
##@¤§§/«~, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,~«/§§¤@##
#@¤§§/«~,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,~«/§§¤@#
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